THE SHOW NOTES: The Left Starts to Realize DeSantis is Serious

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HEADLINE: DeSantis Book Hits No. 1 on Amazon, Expected to Outsell Trump, Obama Books in First Week, Publisher Says - National Review

YUCK: Herseys goes full woke.

MUST READ: Common Sense Points to a Lab Leak - WSJ (paywall)

DUMB: Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state

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Florida’s Voice @FLVoiceNews

DESANTIS: "I didn’t have a single leak in my administration. You could have the best vision in the world, make the best decisions as the executive – if you don’t have people that will carry out that and implement it, then it’s not gonna amount to very much."

How Trump Plans To Attack DeSantis

Mike Allen and Josh Kraushaar at Axios got the inside scoop on how Trump plans to attack DeSantis during the GOP primary. Here’s the five-point excerpt directly from Axios.

1. DeSantis' past support for changes to Social Security and Medicare, including votes as a U.S. congressman to raise the eligibility age for Medicare.

2. Disloyalty to Trump after he helped DeSantis get elected governor in 2018. Trump also plans to pound DeSantis on likability.

3. Trump wants to cast DeSantis as a lackey of former House Speaker Paul Ryan. On Trump's social-media site, Truth Social, he attacked Ryan this week as a loser who "couldn't get elected dogcatcher," and said he should resign or be fired as a Fox Corp. board member.

4. DeSantis' response to COVID is a top Trump target, even though the governor is known for resisting mask mandates. Trump plans to attack DeSantis' caution in the earliest days of the pandemic — and try to fight the issue to a draw. A March 2020 headline in the Tampa Bay Times said: "DeSantis orders major shutdown of beaches, businesses in Broward, Palm Beach." (DeSantis pushes back on this.)

5. DeSantis took heat for muddled comments, in a Fox News interview last week, about whether to maintain financial and military support for Ukraine. Trump plans to portray DeSantis as wishy-washy on the war, while he toes the MAGA line of cutting aid.

Democrats Fume At Biden

“F****** AMATEUR HOUR. HEADS SHOULD ROLL OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE OVER THIS.” Those were the words of a House Democrat when word broke that Joe Biden sided with Republicans to kill the DC crime bill. The third-ranking Democrat in congresses voiced strong opposition to Biden’s decision as well.

Why this matters: 173 Democrats voted with what they assumed was Joe Biden’s intentions to nix the progressive crime bill only to have Biden change course and side with Republicans. The best part: Joe Biden’s team never called the DC mayor to warn that this was coming.

What was in the bill: The bill in question would undo most mandatory sentencing requirements for violent offenses as crime surges in Washington D.C. This year alone the nation’s capitol has seen a record-setting 94 carjackings.

Vice on DeSantis

The hyper-progressive media outlet Vice has a hilarious doom-and-gloom piece out bemoaning that if DeSantis gets his way, DEI efforts in Florida schools will be eliminated.

VICE News @VICENews

If DeSantis gets his way—and he likely will—diversity, equity and inclusion efforts will be eliminated from every public college and university in Florida.

trib.alDeSantis Cronies Force College to Close Diversity OfficeIf Ron DeSantis has his way, what his board did at New College will happen at every public university in Florida.

Barr: Declare War Against Cartels

William Barr at The Wall Street Journal (paywall) is reiterating the same thing I have said on Substack and on radio: declare war against the drug cartels. If you can’t read the full article, here are the two paragraphs that matter:

What will it take to defeat the Mexican cartels? First, a far more aggressive American effort inside Mexico than ever before, including a significant U.S. law-enforcement and intelligence presence, as well as select military capabilities. Optimally, the Mexican government will support and participate in this effort, and it is likely to do so once they understand that the U.S. is committed to do whatever is necessary to cripple the cartels, whether or not the Mexican government participates.

Second, the danger cartels pose to the U.S. requires that we confront them primarily as national-security threats, not a law-enforcement matter. These narco-terrorist groups are more like ISIS than like the American mafia. Case-by-case prosecution of individuals can be a part of an overall effort, but the only way to defeat them is to use every tool at our disposal inside Mexico. Merely designating the cartels as terrorist groups will do nothing by itself. The real question is whether we are willing to go after them as we would a terrorist group.

The rest of the news:

• I created ‘bare minimum Mondays’ — Gen Z’s latest low-effort work trend - NY Post

• You can now live on a cruise ship for $30,000 per year - CNN

• ‘Get rid of the rats’: NFL players rate teams and reveal some ‘gross’ details - CNN

• Home prices fall year over year for the first time since 2012 - Axios

• Ron DeSantis sets $1 million goal for donor events as 2024 campaign nears - NBC

• Miss a Car Payment and Ford’s Patent Could Shut Off Your A/C - MSN

• Amazon pauses construction of second headquarters in Virginia - CNBC

• How Biden leaves wiggle room to opt against reelection bid - AP

• Fewer Americans Want U.S. Taking Major Role in World Affairs - Gallup

• How the NIH Pushes DEI on Scientists - WSJ (paywall)

Tweets that caught my eye:

LifeNews.com @LifeNewsHQ

BREAKING: Democrat Chair Resigns Who Said Disabled Babies Should be Aborted to Cut School Costs

lifenews.comDemocrat Chair Resigns Who Said Disabled Babies Should be Aborted to Cut School Costs - LifeNews.comThe chairman of a local Massachusetts Democratic committee has resigned after he suggested unborn babies with disabilities should be aborted because they are a drain on public school funding. Despite protests and calls for his resignation, the Framingham Democratic Committee rejected a motion Sunday…

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 @MrAndyNgo

The mayor of College Park, Md., a Democrat & LGBTQ+ activist, has been charged with 40 counts of possessing child sex abuse material & 16 counts of distributing that content. Now-ex-mayor @patrick_wojahn resigned earlier today.

thepostmillennial.comDemocrat Maryland mayor arrested on 56 child pornography chargesThe Democrat mayor, who declares his pronouns in his Twitter bio, had a search warrant executed on his home last week.

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